Special December Hours The gift shop will be open December 19-22, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. for all your gifting needs. Our gift card promotion, purchase $100 worth and receive a $20 voucher, is available until December 29. We will be open for visits December…

Featured image: Historian and pianist Richard Hughes exchanges banter with director Barbara Van Reed during Night at the Museum: Silent Movies with Richard Hughes. Extra, Extra, Read all About it! SSE in the Press As our sheep make their way out on the town and…

Featured Image: Experience Guide Richard Clark chats with three women in the mill area on Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. Upcoming Events Night at the Museum: Music with Mark and Raianne Mark & Raianne, beloved Massachusetts singer-songwriters, will perform a concert along the museum’s recreation of…

Featured image: We also received these great letters from the students of May Street School in Worcester. We can't wait to have more school visits soon! Schedule Update We will be closed on September 2, 4, and 5. We also will be closing early at…

Schedule Update We will be closed on July 1, 3, and 10. As always, you can purchase tickets online or at the door. Welcome Webster Days Over the past few weeks, we have been offering free admission to Webster residents based on their street address. It was…

Extra, Extra, Read, See, and Hear All About It! SSE in the Press We were recently featured on NewTV's Museum Open House. Check out the interview with host Jay Sugarman. Our museum designer, Doug Mund, was recently featured in The Boston Sunday Globe's VIP Lounge. Check…

A Glimpse at Visiting It has been so much fun seeing you all come through the museum and hear your reactions, stories, and memories. ​Visiting the Experience for the first time? Check out this page here which has some helpful answers to frequently asked questions.​ Been to the museum? Please…

We Are Officially Open! On March 3, we celebrated the official opening of the Samuel Slater Experience with a VIP reception.     Scott Ciprari plays the piano in the Maanexit Hotel. A toast to the success of Samuel Slater Experience led by WDO Chamber President,…

Samuel Slater Experience Receives Cornerstone Award We were honored to receive the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce's Cornerstone Award, which acknowledges renovating an existing facility to enhance the aesthetic values and economic vitality of the Blackstone Valley.  Pictured at the November ceremony are SSE founder Christopher Robert…

Opening Date Update We thank you all for your patience as we continue to construct the Samuel Slater Experience. We hope to open to the public in early December. In the meantime, please check out some pictures of our progress! …

Coming This Summer Summer is here, and we are promoting the opening of Sam Slater Experience as "coming this summer." And yes, tremendous progress has been made over the last several months to achieve that end, a formal public opening. The videography that carries the story visually…